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Millions illogically dawdle until end to file for tax refundsABC NewsThe April 15 tax-filing deadline is coming soon, and millions of people still haven't filled out their forms. Kathy Pickering of the H&R Block Tax Institute says one out of five taxpayers hasn't filed yet, and "of those people, about 60 percent are still due a refund — on average $2,300."

Lobbyists big winners in tax code debateNewsmaxLobbying firms initially paid to champion changes to the tax code are now fattening their bottom lines ensuring the revisions never become law, according to The New York Times.
In the lead-up to the release of the proposed amended tax code – a 979-page behemoth that took three years to draft – K Street lobbying firms appeared to be on the side of Rep. Dave Camp, R-Mich.

IRS: E-file wins over paper tax formsUSA Today More people are e-filing their taxes this year, accounting for about 91 percent of the returns filed so far with the Internal Revenue Service, the tax body said this week.
The IRS has received 82 million tax returns through e-file, up 1.8 percent from last year. It projects to end the year with more e-filings than ever at a little more than 125 million. The IRS expects paper filings to be down 7 percent this year.

Tax-smart billionaires who work for $1ForbesMinimum wage is going up, but big-time CEO pay seems to be going the other direction. Not overall pay necessarily, but salary. In fact, it's increasingly common for common-man honchos to volunteer for a nominal $1 salary. And they may not want a cash bonus, either.

Regulating all return preparers: Back to the drawing boardAnnette Nellen, director, MST program at San Jose State University, via CPA2BizThis article summarizes the recent decision in Loving v. Internal Revenue Service, the background on the IRS's program to regulate all return preparers and possible next steps for the IRS.

IRS: Bitcoins are property, not currencyReuters Wading into a murky tax question for the digital age, the U.S. Internal Revenue Service said that bitcoins and other virtual currencies are to be treated, for tax purposes, as property and not as currency.
"General tax principles that apply to property transactions apply to transactions using virtual currency," the IRS said in a statement, meaning that bitcoins would be taxed as ordinary income or as assets subject to capital gains taxes, depending on the circumstance.

More countries agree to help US crack down on tax dodgersThe Wall Street JournalThe Department of the Treasury added 19 nations to its list of countries that have reached agreements with the U.S. on carrying out a far-reaching law aimed at preventing offshore tax dodging by American citizens.
The Treasury and the Internal Revenue Service said the 19 nations — including Australia, Brazil, South Africa and South Korea, as well as several tax havens, such as British Virgin Islands — had achieved agreements in substance with the U.S. on implementation of the Foreign Account Tax Compliance Act.

US Treasury gives foreign banks more time to comply with tax lawReutersThe U.S. Department of the Treasury said it was postponing by 10 days the deadline for foreign financial institutions to register with the U.S. government under a new law meant to combat offshore tax dodging by Americans.
The Foreign Account Tax Compliance Act will require foreign banks, insurers and investment funds to send the Internal Revenue Service information about Americans' offshore accounts worth more than $50,000.

The top 1 percent and what they payCNNMoneyEveryone talks about the 1 percent — but who are they exactly? It takes at least $389,000 to make the club: That was the minimum threshold of adjusted gross income in 2011, the most recent year for which the Internal Revenue Service has final data.